Lantern.



W. S. HAMM.

LANTERN.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 1, 190a.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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STATES PATENT OF IC WILLIAM S. "HAHN, 0F HUBBARD WOODS, ILLINOIS 'ASSIGNOR TO THE ADAMS & WESTLAKE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

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Application filed June 1,1908.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVJLLIAM S. IIAMM, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Hubbard Woods, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns, of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to lanterns especially adapted for use by trainmen.

Its object is to provide an improved form of handle or bail for such lanterns, which will constitute a firm grip member and, while securely attached to the lantern, may be readily removed therefrom for the purposes of renewal or repair.

The invention consists of a lantern having a handle or bail made of a rigid fibrous ma.- terial, suchas wood, it being provided at its ends with studs which engage suitable sockets formed in the lantern frame.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows a side elevation of the lantern provided with the improved handle; Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the lantern frame showing the socket for engaging the handle; Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section of the handle showing its at-- taching stud; and Fig. 4 is a detail in perspective of the preferred form of socketed bracket, by means of which the handle. is attached to the lantern.

The lantern 10 may be of any suitable form, as shown it is provided with a wire guard frame 11. The handle 12 is in the form of a simple bow, and is made of wood or similar fibrous material, which is of sufficient size to permit the user to securely grasp it, the character of the material contributing to the firmness of the grasp. Upon each end of the handle is placed a ferrule 13', 14, to prevent splitting, and into eachend is set a headed stud 15, 16, preferably consisting of a simple headed screw as shown. 'llhese studs engage suitable sockets 17, formed in the lantern frame, as shown be-' ing formed in the sole plate 18 ofa bracket 19. This bracket may be, made of sheetmetal, the inner end of its sole-plate being bent to hook form, as shown at 20, and-bifurcated, as shown at 21, to engage the top ring of the lantern frame and stratldleone of its uprights 23. From the outer end of the sole-pl ate 19 the bracket is bent downwardly Specification of Letters latent.

. lantern havin .T-slots,

Serial No. 436,182.

and inwardly, and folded to U shape to form a rigid supporting member, the lower end of which is again bent downwardly and folded around the frame upright :23.

The socket 17 is T shape to afford an entrance forthe head of the stud 15, the stem of the socket being outwardly directed, and the handle is normally bowed to a wider curve than is assumed when applied to the lantern, its elasticity holding the studs at the outer ends of the sockets and thereby preventing accidental disengagement from the lantern frame.

In signaling the user swings the lantern in various ways, and in some situations especially when trains are being made up in the yards, these signals must be given very quickly. This rapid signaling is facllitated by the use of a rigidly attached handle and v handle has the decided advantages over themetal handle hereinbefore pointed out, it is less durable and usually needs replacing. Such repairs have heretofore necessarily been shop jobs, service until they could be made and requlring its transfer to the repair shop. The herein shown and described may be repaired by the substitution of a new handle for the disabled one, by the user.

I claim as my invention.-

1. In a lantern, in combination a frame, a pair of brackets secured to the frame and and a handle or bail having heade studs at its ends adapted to enter the slots and to be held in the contracted ortion thereof by the spring action of the handle or bail.

2. In a lantern, in combination, a frame,

having T-slots, fibrous material Patented Sept. 21, 1909.-

puttingthe lantern out of ends adapted to enter the slots and to be 3 held in the contracted portion thereof by the spring action of the handle or bail.

3. In a lantern, in combination, a frame,

" a pair of brackets attached thereto and having outstanding slotted sole plates, the slots-having their outer ends contracted, and a bail having headed ends for engaging the bracket slots, the spread of the bail being normally greater than the distance between the Wider portions of the slots of the two E. M. KLA'rcHnR. 

